Coimbatore was better!

In some ways, I feel Coimbatore is a lot better when compared to Bangalore. But the reassuring thing is, there are quite a lot of people who are willing to help! Lost your way, ask someone! If you ask a few people, chances are highly likely that you would come across a person speaking your own language in addition to the regulars like Hindi and English! And people help us out by giving complete directions! I know this is quite contradictory to my previous post, :-P But almost six out of ten people I ask for directions are either new to the place or have directions only to reach their own places!! Ha ha ha! :-)

Another crazy thing which I guess is improving is that the place names are not written in English in the buses that ply around Bangalore, leave alone for the 'Volvo' buses. But the situation is improving with ordinary buses getting those stylish LED displays!

So, gotta start for home! Tata for now..

All roads lead to roam

Without a bike and without proper directions, its walk walk walk all the way criss-crossing small parts of Bangalore!!!

Its been quite a while since I got my hands on an internet enabled system and the time to access my blog! Life without internet is getting on my nerves!

I landed here at Bangalore on the 16th of June and have been going through the phase of change.. I am so homesick that I want to go back home.. Its like all of this is just a small vacation and that I would be going back home soon, but the fact remains that I have finally become a professional and I have to get used to living alone. Yeah, with friends.. But the atmosphere that existed at home no longer exists. I am almost getting done with the formal induction at the company I have joined. Yet to get some hands on experience though.

So, thats it for now.. Am living in a rented apartment with one of my friends along for company. I dont have a clue of where I'll be posted after my training. It would be three cheers if it is somewhere near the place where I stay! Lets hope for the best!!

WARNING: Disgusting stuff ahead!
There's one disgusting thing I do not like about the place here at Bangalore. People spit almost on all possible places! I mean all!! I was in this well-known hotel as part of my induction and people had spat on the corners of the AC conference hall.. Aaaaah! You need to watch your step when you are walking on the road to avoid well.. Lets leave this for now...

I am literally going crazy without Internet. I am planning to get a broadband connection as soon as my location is finalised and I am sure of the place where I stay. Until then, its just those stolen moments every now and then when I take the slightest opportunity to post an entry, as I did now! :-)

Two days and counting

I'll be on my way to Bangalore in two days. I have begun to think over the various things that I would have overlooked or taken for granted back here at HOME!!

There are quite a lot of things that I can think off! I have to wash my own clothes, sweep the house, clean everything, get food ready. I cant expect to wake up in the middle of the night and expect something to be there to gobble if something wasnt kept ready already in cold storage! I have never thought of all of this when I am at home. But now, that I have to let go of these luxuries and begin my new life there, I must rethink everything! Get ready for come-what-may!

Staying away from home for the first time, I must get through this difficult time without any kind of home-sickness on the long run. The time has come for me to fly, to be free, to be more responsible. There is a 'first time' for everything and I hope this would be filled with happy moments!

Free E-books

R. Prabhu brought to my notice about the World Ebook Fair that is giving free access of its ebooks to the public from July 4th to August 4th, on occasion of Project Gutenberg's 35th Birthday!

Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free ebooks on the Internet. There are quite a lot of free ebooks that can be downloaded from there. Visit www.worldebookfair.com to download them! Enjoy! Support them too!

To the moon and back

Well, it almost seemed like one!

I was on an offhand trip to Bangalore last Tuesday! I left by the Intercity and after a what-seemed-like-a-never-ending journey, finally reached Bangalore! The main reason for me to go there for such a short trip was to get accustomed a bit to the locality where I'll stay at, so as to make my next arrival with dad a bit easier and also to carry some heavy stuff here. My friend Ashakir caught me at the station, took me home, had a late dinner and slept nicely!

The next day, he left for college and me being alone, started on foot to explore. I kept looking for landmarks as I trudged on, after a point of no return, I guessed I was almost a semi-circle from the place where I started and decided to make it a full normal circle! And without knowing what I had in store, trotted off again and finally, I guessed right and reached the place, by now my legs were aching real bad. I got myself a phone number for use at Bangalore and went back home and slept after a small dinner.

My friend came back later than he was supposed to and we started hastily to his Uncle's place where he was to pick some stuff, He was coming with me on the way back! We just made it on time to the station to catch the 10:05 Kurla Express when we realised that the train was delayed by over seven hours and was expected to arrive by 4:55 AM. This due to the incessant rains at Mumbai, the starting point of this train! After a few thoughts, we decided to go back to his uncle's place and watch Portugal vs France. But considering the places we roamed earlier, it was tiring and both of us were dozing in no time

Then we woke up around 3:30 AM, got ready and came back to the Railway Station, and to our dismay, noted that the train would arrive at 6:25 AM. We waited in the lounge, along with some others. The time was updated again and the train arrived at last at 6:45. We boarded it and it started around 7:30AM. Whew! I reached Coimbatore at 2:30 PM.

Home sweet home at last!

Today, I went shopping in the evening and got myself some formals, something which I dont possess now! Gave it to a good tailor and my tummy has grown too, I need to exercise! I have a little more that a week to start for the next state of my life. To take up my job! Boy ain't I excited!

High School Reunion!

Thankfully, we ended our high school reunion as originally planned on a high note! Though some guys boycotted the event with no reason at all, who cares anyway, they have lost a valuable opportunity to be with their pals from yester years. It is very unlikely for anybody to take the efforts that I, Prashanth and Arjun took to conduct this wonderful party. So, even if they are willing to come next year, it may not happen, God forbid!! If only I am in Coimbatore next time around, I would do my best to bring everybody together as I always do! The responsibility has fallen on my shoulders, whether I like it or not. And I'm not complaining!

We had ordered for more plates at the buffet at Hotel Mangala International than there were people present and ended up paying close to a thousand bucks more by pooling all what we had! Luckily we had some money to spare. Many idiots who had promised to come didnt turn up! :-( And our efforts to contact them at the last moment turned on deaf ears.

We had a blast of a time, a wholesome dinner, lots of laughs and we all took a lot more photographs than last year. Then after everything was over and each one had spoken a bit, a guy said "Ok, lets start!", But all the other guys were still seated, wondering what to do and it appeared they were reluctant to leave.. I'll miss all you guys.. Altogether, we had a nice time together and went home with memories to share! Hope we do a similar party next year...